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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 14, 2025 | Christie's | New York | 21st Century Evening Sale | 36B | $****** - ****** | Arena #7 |
sculpture
29.2 x 134.6 x 124.5 cm (11.5 x 53 x 49 in)
found stuffed animals, wood and blanket
Metro Pictures, New York
Skarstedt Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
New York, Metro Pictures, Mike Kelley , April-May 1990.
London, Serpentine Gallery, Objects for the Ideal Home , November-October 1991.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Mike Kelley - Catholic Tastes, March 1993-November 1994.
Aspen Art Museum, 20 Years/20 Artists , February-May 1999, pl. 10 (illustrated).
City University of New York, Art Gallery of the Graduate Center, Play"s the Thing: Critical and Transgressive Practices in Contemporary Art , May-July 2001.
Greenwich, The Brant Foundation, Remembering Henry"s Show: Selected Works 1978-2008 , May 2009-January 2010.
New York, Skarstedt Gallery, Mike Kelley: Arenas, May-June 2010.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum and New York, MoMA PS1, Mike Kelley, December 2012-Feb 2014.
New York, The Brant Foundation, Third Dimension: Works from The Brant Foundation , November 2019-September 2020.
J. Miller, "Mike Kelley,” Art Press , 1992, p. 35 (illustrated).
B. Riemschneider and U. Grosenick, Art At The Turn Of The Millenium, Cologne, 1999, p. 271 (illustrated).
J. Welchman, I. Graw and A. Vidler, Mike Kelley, New York, 1999, pp. 68-69 (illustrated).
R. Cembalest, “The Century"s 25 Most Influential Artists,” ArtNews , May 1999.
MIKE KELLEY (1954-2012)
Arena #7
found stuffed animals, wood and blanket
11 ½ x 53 x 49 in. (29.2 x 134.6 x 124.5 cm.)
Executed in 1990.
